Ram Tiwari, in his early 30s, is from a remote place in Uttar Pradesh and has the responsibility of taking care of his family. Unable to find livelihood locally, Mr. Tiwari, along with several others from his area, has migrated from his native place to Siddipet district travelling about 1,500 km in search of seasonal employment. He is well-versed in in farming activity.
With the commencement of the rainy season, the labour-intensive farming activities have picked up in the district, despite the deficient rainfall. Knowing about the work available here, hundreds of farm labourers have migrated to the district from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal in the past few weeks. They have already commenced work at Ponnala village in Siddipet urban mandal.
The labourers enter into an agreement with the middlemen who bring them here for sowing seedlings in the fields. About 15 labourers form as a group and work in the field. It was stated that the work will also be done fast by the labourers from outside the State compared to the locally hired workers. While it takes two or three days for the local labourers to sow in four to five acres of land, the same is done with one day by the labourers hired from other States.
